Background: Treatment compliance can not only prevent complications among patients with heart failure but also improve their health, quality of life, decrease hospitalization, and mortality rate. Objective: To examine the treatment compliance among patients with heart failure, and identify factors related to treatment compliance. Methods: The descriptive correlational study was carried out in 112 participants by a random sampling technique in the Cardiovascular Department, C Hospital, Vietnam. Data were collected during June to August 2019. Four instruments were used: 1) Demographic and clinical conditions; 2) the Revised Heart Failure Compliance Scale; 3) Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); and 4) the Japanese Heart Failure Knowledge Scale (JHFKS). Data were analyzed by chi-square test and Spearman rank correlation. Results: Among 54.5% of participants were demonstrated treatment compliance. Compliance with the medication and routine checkup were high (> 80%), whereas doing exercise, fluid restriction and weighing daily were low (43.8%, 33.8%, and 16.1%, respectively). Factors included gender, education level, numbers of hospitalization during the past year, comorbidities, heart failure knowledge, and cognitive function were significantly related to treatment compliance (P < .05). Conclusions: Patients should enhance heart failure knowledge in order to improve treatment compliance. By doing this, heart failure patients were supplied information about the disease when they are hospitalized. Patients with cognitive impairment were also paid attention to improve treatment compliance.  

Background: Foot ulceration and amputation have alarmingly increased among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Vietnam. Poor foot care behavior is one of the crucial reasons which leads to diabetes related foot problems. Exploration factors related to foot care behaviors among people with diabetes becomes a necessary issue to limit this complication. Objective: To determine factors related to foot care behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: The descriptive correlation study was conducted in 140 participants by purposive sampling technique in the outpatient room of Da Nang Hospital, Da Nang, Vietnam from December 2017 to January 2018. Instrument used in the study included of the six cognitive impairment test, demographic form, the Nottingham assessment of functional foot care, foot care knowledge, foot care confidence scale, and foot care subscale in the social support scale for self-care in middle-aged patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Data were analyzed by chi-square test, Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, and Spearman rank correlation coefficient. Results: Of 140 participants, 58.6% had poor foot care behaviors. Education level, foot care knowledge, foot care self-efficacy, and social support showed a statistically significant positive correlation with foot care behaviors. There was no significant correlation between age, gender, and foot care behaviors. Conclusions: The study suggested that improving foot care knowledge, foot care behaviors and enhancing the role of nurses must be implemented for the improvement of foot care behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Contraceptive methods have still been the sensitive topic in some Asia countries, including Vietnam. Improvement knowledge and attitude towards contraceptive methods would lead to better prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease as well as contributes to advance quality of life of young people even nursing students. Objectives: To investigate knowledge and attitudes towards contraceptive methods, and identified the association between social demographic characteristics, attitudes, and knowledge towards contraception among first-year nursing students. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted on 170 first-year nursing students, Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy, Vietnam. Participants were selected according to the convenient sampling method. Data were collected from March to April 2021 through the questionnaire that consists of 2 parts including the sociodemographic characteristics and the set of questionnaires that assessed the participants’ knowledge and attitudes about contraceptive methods. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, Fisher exact test, and Spearman correlation test. Results: Of 170 first-year nursing students, mean (SD) of contraceptive methods knowledge was 45.2 (8.5) (range, 25 - 62), illustrating a medium level. Attitude regarding contraceptive methods among first-year nursing students was negative (mean, 82.6; range, 49 - 95). The finding demonstrated a weakly positive correlation between attitude and knowledge (P < .05). There was no significant association between social demographics and knowledge (P > .05). Conclusions: Knowledge and attitude towards contraceptive methods of first-year nursing students should be improved. Improvement knowledge and attitude contraception through education should be necessary for students.

Background: Osteoporosis prevention at young ages is crucial to diminish the risk of the disease and its complication in later years of life. Having good osteoporosis knowledge and positive health belief may lead to better preventive behavior which then contributes to build and maintain bone health throughout life. Objective: To investigate knowledge, health belief, and behavior of osteoporosis prevention among female healthcare students. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a public medical university in Da Nang of Vietnam. Four hundred participants were selected by applying the multistage sampling technique. Data were collected from May 2020 to June 2020 through the questionnaire that consists of 4 parts including the demographic data form, the osteoporosis knowledge assessment tool, the osteoporosis health belief scale, and the exercise and calcium behaviors scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation test. Results: Participants had poor osteoporosis knowledge (mean [SD], 37.8 [16.0]; range, 0 - 75) and low preventive behavior (mean [SD], 5.7 [3.5]; range, 0 - 25). Osteoporosis health belief was found at a moderate level with a mean (SD) of 126.7 (12.9) (range, 84 - 187). There were positive significant correlations between knowledge and health belief, knowledge and behavior of osteoporosis prevention (P < .05). Conclusions: Osteoporosis preventive behavior of female healthcare students was low. Osteoporosis education programs should be developed for female healthcare students to improve their knowledge and health belief that would then lead to their better preventive behavior.